Loose Organic Tea in Santa Clara co. / Sunnyvale area?

[vprasad]

Anybody know where I can find loose organic tea (available in bulk?) in Santa Clara county, preferrably the Sunnyvale area?

Thanks in Advance

[sairuh]

I remembered another tea merchant, Mountain View Tea Village in downtown Mountain View.

http://www.mvteavillage.com/teas.html

I've been there once or twice, and the lady who helped me (perhaps one of the owners?) was friendly and well-versed in teas. I had gotten some fantastic pu-erh and pearl orchid. Most of the teas were from China and Taiwan, iirc; not sure how many organics they carry.

[Xiao Yang]

It might be helpful to know what kind of tea you are interested in. I know places that have organic China greens, and don't even deal in Darjeelings, for example.

[vprasad]

I'm looking for a type called "Green Tea with Toasted Rice"

[Xiao Yang]

Is there a TenRen down there? They claim to have an organic Genmaicha.

[smksf]

I saw a TenRen in Cupertino at Homestead & Wolfe (where Ranch 99 is).

Sairuh mentioned Upton Tea; that's one of my favorite places to order tea online.

[sairuh]

There's Tea Time in downtown Palo Alto. I haven't been there for 1-2 years, but in the past they were quite knowledgeable tea merchants.

http://www.tea-time.com/

One of the big reasons I rarely go there these days is because of Upton Tea Imports, which sells bulk loose leaf tea online --with several organic choices as well.

http://uptontea.com/

However, I'm still interested to hear about other bay area tea merchants, especially any who are in the south bay.